Contacts:  Tim Wynn, WWU Facilities Management, (360) 650-3496, Tim.Wynn@wwu.edu
or Chad Bedlington, City of Bellingham, (360) 778-7700, CBedlington@cob.org

BELLINGHAM – Western Washington University and the City of Bellingham are partnering to sponsor the second annual Neighborhood Trash Pick Up in several neighborhoods near the University on June 10 through 13.

 This program will target the Happy Valley, Sehome, South Hill and Samish neighborhoods.  One collection point will be set up in each neighborhood and students will be encouraged to bring their trash to that point for collection and disposal at no charge.

The collection points, which will be monitored by City of Bellingham Public Works staff to ensure that no hazardous or garden/yard waste is disposed of in the dumpsters, will be operational from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 10 through Saturday, June 13,  at the following collection points:

·        Happy Valley Neighborhood – gravel parking lot, 26th and Douglas streets;

·        Samish Neighborhood – Lincoln Creek Transportation Center parking lot;

·        Sehome Neighborhood – Laurel Park, Indian and Laurel streets;

·        South Hill Neighborhood – Armory Building, N. State and Pine streets.

In the past, neighborhoods with high densities of student residents have been littered with improperly discarded trash at the end of the academic year and the close of spring quarter, when many students leave the area for the summer.  The Neighborhood Trash Pick Up program provides an alternative to students looking for a way to dispose of unwanted residential trash. 

This program began last year as a pilot program intended to reduce unsightly trash in neighborhoods near the university. Because of the success of the trash pick-up last year, the university and city are once again offering this service.

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